University Postgraduate Interdisciplinary Doctoral Study Cultural Studies; specializations in: Culture, Art and Literature in the European context, Information and Communication in Culture, Management of Culture, Art and Education

Study specialization

Culture, Art and Literature in the European context

Academic title abbreviation

dr. sc.

Genre

doctoral thesis

Language

Croatian

Defense date

2017-04-18

Promoted date

2018-04-27

Parallel abstract (English)

The Homeland War in Croatia, as a historical and political event, changed the reality and the social and cultural picture of that time. In that sense, the emphasis was placed on the phenomenon of nation and nationalism, the theories of nation / ethnicity, the socio-political context and the correlation between the Croatian war writing and the origin and meaning of the nation in the new social and political changes. The various texts from a large selection of the Croatian war writing, in which the Homeland War had been presented in very different ways, were divided into three periods: the first period (1991 - 1995), which includes the testimonies of reporters and witnesses directly from the war field; the second period (1995 - 2000), which includes the problems of war violence, refugees and displaced persons; and the last, the third period (from 2000 onwards), which deals with social changes caused by the war, the war frustration, trauma and a symbolic-metaphorical recall on war and war issues. It can be concluded that it is high time to point out in all social, cultural and public spheres that the war came to the end. The talks about the war, the writing and the debates about the war should no longer be a questionable topic or a special problem of certain institutions. The stress should be on the construction of a desirable, democratic future.